‘Black market’ of greenhouse gases value hundreds of thousands of kilos being smuggled into the UK – BBC Information
A BBC investigation has uncovered a black market in extremely polluting greenhouse gases being smuggled into the UK from Japanese Europe.
The gases – hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – are marketed and offered illegally through social media and the BBC discovered a dealer suggesting smuggling them on coaches.
HFCs are broadly utilized in fridges, air-con and aerosol sprays, however the EU and UK are limiting their use and wish to ultimately part them out in favour of cleaner alternate options.
Nevertheless, older equipment nonetheless runs on essentially the most polluting HFCs – which has led to a black market value hundreds of thousands.
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